https://community.usms.org/swimming/f/open-water-training-and-technique/25655/yucky-swimHappy Earth Day! Maybe you can find a less-risky way to celebrate it than this guy: www.brooklynpaper.com/.../dtg-gowanus-canal-swim-2015-04-24-bk.html Yikes! My favorite comment: &quot;Not only is he raising awareness for Earth Day but Hepatitis A throughen-USTelligent Community 12https://community.usms.org/thread/271988?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 11 May 2015 09:07:16 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:caa1d91e-0607-4c5d-a5f6-5d79c91dfb4eFindingMyInnerFishUm... no. Not even with a dry suit. I wouldn&#39;t style myself an open water purist--although I generally don&#39;t wear wetsuits, I don&#39;t believe in telling others what to do... and I did wear a wetsuit in a training swim in April, so I can&#39;t call myself a purist now... but no.... not there. Granted, there are people who will tell me not to swim in the Schuylkill River (where I&#39;ve trained a bunch of times)... but it&#39;s pristine compared to those photos.<div style="clear:both;"></div>